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FréteriveSavoie

A town of 640 in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Fréterive a good place to live?

Fréterive is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Fréterive’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Fréterive’s story

No historic monuments in Fréterive

The Culture ministry lists no building in Fréterive as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Château de Miolans, in Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny, 1.2 mi away.

20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fréterive.

Who lives here

Children make up 20% of Fréterive, above Savoie’s towns and compared French towns

Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, lower than both Savoie’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). The middle age in Fréterive is 42.2. Among adults, 35% have a degree.

42.2median age
FréteriveSavoie medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education35%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Fréterive
FréteriveSavoie medianFrance median
Under 1520%17%17%
15–248.8%10%11%
25–4425%24%23%
45–6426%27%26%
65+21%22%22%
No diploma17%14%19%
CAP or BEP23%24%26%
Baccalauréat18%18%18%
Higher education35%37%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Fréterive walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Savoie’s towns or compared French towns: 12.1%

7.2% of people in the labour force have no job. 150 jobs are based in Fréterive, for 300 working residents (0.5 per worker). Median disposable income comes to €27,780 a year per consumption unit.

12%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving82%
On foot7%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
150
jobs based in Fréterive, 0.5 per working resident
7.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,780
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

89.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The nearest general lycée is 10.5 mi away. A collège lies 2.6 mi away.

89.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Fréterive89.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège les FrontaillesNearest collègeCollègeCollège11889%−3 pts
89.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −3 pts against the expected rate
2.6 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Fréterive is €12.51/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

The market in Fréterive: 13 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€12.51/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Fréterive€12.51/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Savoie median€14.73/m²
€12.51/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.74 to €16.07/m² a month)
€13.03/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Miolans and 4 more in and around Fréterive

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Fréterive. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

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Everything we know about Fréterive

13pages on Fréterive

Landmarks

Nothing in Fréterive is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Fréterive

One notable person was born in Fréterive.

Their page →

Fréterive’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Savoie →
Saint-Pierre-d'AlbignyGilly-sur-IsèreMercuryMontmélianValgelon-La RochetteAlbertvilleSaint-Pierre-d'AlbignyGilly-sur-IsèreMercuryMontmélianValgelon-La RochetteAlbertvilleFréterive
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Fréterive640—————
Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny4,2172.9A−C+BB
Gilly-sur-Isère3,1498.5A−DA−A
Mercury3,4959—D—B+
Montmélian4,0249.5C+CDC+
Valgelon-La Rochette4,2079.9ABAB−
Albertville19,97810C−CCC+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Fréterive

Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Fréterive is a commune of 640 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Savoie. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.

Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries

Population
640 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Cœur de Savoie
Département
Savoie (73)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
4.2 sq mi (11 km²)
INSEE code
73120

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.